Chemical Market Report

The values of raw materials and products can be found in trade journals such as Chemical Marketing Reporter (Schnell Publishing Company) and European Chemical News (Reed Business Publishing... 

Unit sales prices of from 800 to 900 fine chemicals are fisted weekly in the Chemical Marketing Reporter. This number reflects those fine chemicals produced and sold in industrial quantities. Some market studies on fine chemicals, fisting important product families, such as side chains for P-lactam antibiotics (qv). A/- and A-heterocycfic compounds, fluoroaromatics, etc, do exist (14,15). 

Chemical Profiles Phosphoms," Chemical Marketing Reporter, Schnell Publishing Co., Inc, New York, 1964—1995. 

OPD Chemical Buyer s Directory 77, Chemical Marketing Reporter, New York, 1990. 

Raw material costs should be estimated by direct computation from flow rates and material prices. The flow rates are deterrnined from flow sheet material balances. The unit prices are obtained from vendors, company purchasing departments, or the Chemical Marketing Reporter. For captive raw materials produced internally, a suitable transfer price must be estabHshed. Initial catalyst charges can be treated as a start-up expense, working capital component, or depreciable capital, depending on the expected catalyst life and cost. Makeup catalyst is frequendy treated as a raw material. 

The Chemical Marketing Reporter tabulates the current list price for many chemicals. These prices, like off the cuff estimates from vendors, tend to be conservative. The European Chemical News also publishes chemical prices for many places in the world. These prices are sometimes better to use for raw materials. 

A zeolite catalyst operated at 1 atm and 325-500 K is so active that the reaction approaches equilibrium. Suppose that stack gas having the equilibrium composition calculated in Example 7.17 is cooled to 500 K. Ignore any reactions involving CO and CO2. Assume the power plant burns methane to produce electric power with an overall efficiency of 70%. How much ammonia is required per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in order to reduce NO , emissions by a factor of 10, and how much will the purchased ammonia add to the cost of electricity. Obtain the cost of tank car quantities of anhydrous ammonia from the Chemical Market Reporter or from the web. 

Chemical Marketing Reporter 254, No.3, 20th July 1998, p.3/16 EVERGREEN RECYCLING IS BREAKING GROUND FOR NYLON RECLAMATION TulloA... 

Chemical Marketing Reporter 252, No.26, 29th Dee. 1997, p.1/8 DEPOLYMERISATION GETS THE NOD AS ROUTE TO LOW-COST FEEDSTOCK Brand T... 

CMR. 1983. Chemical Profile-Trichloroethylene. Chemical Marketing Reporter, February 14, 1983. 

The American journal Chemical Marketing Reporter, CMR (2004), publishes a weekly review of prices for most chemicals. The prices for a limited number of chemicals in Europe can be found in European Chemical News, ECN (2004). U.S. prices, converted to the local currency at the current rate of exchange, can be used as a guide to the probable price in other countries. An indication of the prices of a selected range of chemicals is given in Table 6.4 (see p. 263). 

CMR (2004) Chemical Marketing Reporter (Reed business information). 

The values of raw materials and products can be found in trade journals such as Chemical Marketing Reporter (published by Schnell Publishing Company), European Chemical News and Asian Chemical News (published by Reed Business Information). However, the values reported in such sources will be subject to short-term fluctuations, and long-term forecasts will be required for investment analysis. 

Scimone A and Scimone A (1998). US sees the green in herbal supplements. Chemical Market Reports, 13 July, fr3-fr4. 

Much information on chemicals, equipment, etc. can be obtained from the various trade journals and newspapers such as Chemical Marketing Reporter. Many companies sell used tabletting machines (e.g., Union Std. Equip. Co. in New York and Chicago and Chemical and Process Mach. Corp. in New York). 

Chemical Market Reporter 262, No. 3, 22nd July 2002, p.7 POLYURETHANE INDUSTRY GEARS UP TO TACKLE EMERGING REGULATORY AND PERFORMANCE ISSUES Hoffman J... 

Chemical Market Reporter 259, No. 10, 5th March 2001, p.20 PETP MAKERS GET EXTENSION FOR EQUIPMENT LEAK STANDARDS... 

Chemical Market Reporter 258, No. 15, 9th Oct.2000, p.37 CHEMICAL PROFILE METHYLENE CHLORIDE... 

Chemical Market Reporter 256, No. 15, 11th Oct. 1999, p.FR18 ANTIFOULING PAINTS FACE INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE... 

Even the spot price of most chemicals is under 2 per pound. Spot prices on September 28, 1981, as published by the Chemical Marketing Reporter, indicated that of 2,684 chemicals sold by the pound or kilogram, 1,516 or 56 percent were priced below 2 per pound. About 39 percent were priced below 1 per pound, 19 percent were below 50 cents per pound and 4 percent were below 25 cents per pound. Such prices tend to be higher than the long-term contract prices under which chemicals are usually sold. Thus, the curves in Figure A show the applicable range of costs and output. 

CMR. 1993. Chemical profde hydrogen cyanide. Chemical Marketing Reporter, May 24, 1993 New York, NY Schnell Publishing Co. 

Additional production data are available from the Chemical Marketing Reporter (CMR 1996), and import/export data for phenol are available on the National Trade Data Bank (NTDB 1996). Additional data are not needed at this time. 

CMR. 1996. Olefin stocks low as PE sales surge. Chemical Marketing Reporter. 250 7. 

Hess, Glenn. (2000). Pesticide manufacturers are unhappy with EPA s crackdown on chlorpyrifos. Chemical Market Reporter. 257 1,13. 

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